Authors Note: Yes, I have returned after many years of absence. I have changed since I first started writing fanfictions, I have to say I've grown a lot. I met a man who truly cares for me and tries his best to make me happy, and his love has inspired me to write again. I am not sure if I will ever finish Model 227, I feel as though I have been away from it for so long that I cannot even begin to give it a try again. But I have many new story ideas for Inuyasha, this one happens to be a story of five short chapters, and I hope you will all enjoy it. With love~Gianna.

Chapter 1: I Can't Believe it's Actually You

"Inuyasha?"

Hmmm? That voice…I know that voice...but it can't be-

"I can't believe it's actually you.."

I was frozen in place, stuck like a deer caught in the headlights. I didn't know what to do, where to go, how to move. I knew who it was, I just didn't want to believe, believe that I was hearing this voice, hearing my name come from this person. But this wasn't just a person...no I knew this voice too well...this had to be..her

"It's been...over three years.." She said as I turned to see her. I felt every twist my body made, every muscle I flex, every bone I moved...it was like my body had become trapped in plastic wrap, as if every move I made was met by a force pulling me back. Her eyes met mine, and suddenly I felt a jolt that sent my mind back in time, back three years before..back to my senior year of college. Back to the last time I saw her.

"Kagome…" I said...or at least, I tried to say. My mind was filling with a thousand of memories of this woman, it was happening so fast I was afraid my head would explose.

"Oh you remember me...well that's a relief…" She smiled, brushing the long black hair from her shoulders.

A relief? How could I possibly ever forget you?

Although...I had to admit there was something different about her. As I took a quick glance over her I finally figured out what it was...when we dated in college I remember her being so small...so easy to hold in my arms...but now...her belly stuck out...but she wasn't fatter, nor "bigger"...just..

"Pregnant…" I muttered.

"Hmmm..?" She tilted her head as she stared at me "What did you say Inuyasha?"

"You're….uh...you're pregnant…" I stuttered. I was nervous...I was always told I was a rude person, but I never knew I was actually being that way. Kagome set me straight, but I was almost 100% that she was going to tear me apart for saying-

"Yes...I am" She said with a smile as she placed her hand over her belly. She looked down at her bulging belly, a glow coming to her face.

"That's great..congratulations." I tried to sound as cheerful as possible, but I couldn't help but feel that pain in my gut, the one that comes with so many unanswered questions.

"Thanks, I'm about 7 months along...some people think I am having twins because I am so big!" She giggled, her hand coming up to cover her mouth. "But I assure them, I am only having one. It's a girl, I know it."

That pain came back again, like a dagger in my heart. Her laugh, it was exactly as I remembered it. So light, so happy, so full of life, oh how I've missed it. Her eyes once again came to rest upon mine, and I felt my whole body shiver.

"Um...so why are you back in town?" I asked, my hands rubbing against each other nervously. I didn't know what to say, this woman, this woman that once held all of my love and then walked away, suddenly shows up out of nowhere and I am suppose to know what to say?

Her face seemed to flush at my question, and her eyes almost filled completely with tears.

Oh god oh god oh shit, what did I say?

"I'm um...I'm sorry if I said someth-"

"No, it's...nothing that you said...I'm here because…" she took a deep breath and shook her head "I moved back in with my mother after...my husband died…" She brought her hand back to her lips and closed her eyes, this woman who had been causing me so much pain for the past few moments, now looked like she was going to collapse at any second. I wasn't sure what to do...or really how to do it, but I knew I had to do something or else she was going to fall.

I reached my arms out in front of her, and grasped her shoulders. I pulled her close to my chest, careful not to squeeze to close as to be careful of her belly. I could hear her sniffling against my chest, and felt the warm wetness of her tears. I hadn't meant to upset her, when we first started dating almost five years I was a hard man who didn't care about anyone's feelings but my own. Kagome helped me become different, throughout our two years of dating I tried my best to be the man she always wanted. I guess I failed worse than I had ever expected, because two days before graduation she dumped me, and never told me why.

"Kagome..I...I'm so sorry.." I lowered my chin near the top of her head, and rubbed my hand over her back softly. I could feel her shudder against my chest, and feel my heart break at the same time.

"No Inuyasha, don't be sorry. It's not your fault" she said as she pulled herself back from my arms. She gave a soft smile and brought her hands up to wipe her tears, I had only seen Kagome cry a few times in her life, and I vowed to myself many times that I would never be the reason she cried. But this felt like it was my fault, and I know I will never be able to forgive myself for that.

"So um.." she sputtered through quick breathes of air, "what are you doing now and days?"

I felt my face burn from embarrassment, here was the woman of my dreams asking me what my life was about, right after I just made her cry over her dead husband. How can she bounce back so easily?

"Ah...well...I've been kind of going around lately...traveling to different cities..the works."

Smooth Inuyasha. Now you sound like you're homeless.

"Oh that sounds exciting!" She managed to give a wider smile than before "are you working?"

"Well yes..I mean, kind of. It's complicated."

What is wrong with me? Why is it that I just can't seem to give her a straight answer?

She tilted her head to side and squinted for a moment "how is it complicated? Do you have a job or not?" Ouch...the attitude is a little unnecessary Kagome.

I let out a quick sigh and rubbed the back of my neck. "Well...remember that idea for the app back when we were in college?"

When we were together

"Uh-huh" She nodded.

"Well a few months after graduation, I launched it. And now I own a small office at the corner of town where I employ two men to run the IT work of the app. Since I wrote all the original scripts, and kind of made it a self-sufficient app, I don't have to really...do anything. I just sort of...make money...if that makes sense."

"Inuyasha! That is amazing! How well is it doing? How..how did you do it? I remember you were having so much trouble coming up with a concept for it...I am so happy it worked. Please tell me everything about it!" Suddenly, there was a fire in her eyes. She was more fierce than ever, I couldn't help but feel my blood pressure rise. She still made me feel like I was on top of the world, even when I couldn't call her mine.

"Well..uh...you see…" just then a bell chime came over to the speaker phone. Suddenly I was aware of my surroundings, how long had we been standing here?

"Wow Kagome…" I said as I looked at my watch "maybe we could talk about this over lunch...it's already 12:30 and I'd love to-"

"Wait! It's 12:30?" She gasped, her eyes growing wide. "I have a doctors appointment in 30 minutes! Oh my god I have to call a cab!" She reached into her purse and frantically shoved her hand around. "I can't be late I already had to cancel my last two."

Don't do it. She broke your heart man. Don't do it, please.

"I can drive you."

You did it.

She stopped looking in her bag long enough to shoot a glance at me before going back to it. "Inuyasha I can't ask such a thing of you, besides it's all the way across town and-"

"Nonsense, I was going that way anyway."

Liar.

Now she completely stopped looking and met my gaze. "Are you sure, Inuyasha?"

"Of course Kagome. I don't want you getting in a cab with a stranger in your condition" I said.

She crinkled her nose for a second and placed one hand on her hip. "Now wait just a second, just because I am pregnant doesn't mean I can't handle myself."

Run. Run very far. Never look back.

"Hang on, that's not how I meant it." I sighed, "Kagome, I would like to drive you. It will give us more time to catch up. Please?"

Her eyes softened for a moment, her cheeks turning bright red. "Okay Inuyasha."

Shit.